A 100-Kg Spacecraft Has a Sail of Area 300 M²

question 86

Multiple Choice

A 100-kg spacecraft has a sail of area 300 m² that is absorbing sunlight of intensity 800 W/m².What is the resulting acceleration of the spacecraft?

• A)2.4 m/s²
• B)2.7 × 10^-6 m/s²
• C)8.0 × 10^-6 m/s²
• D)3.8 × 10^-5 m/s²

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